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Make GIFs with Trove for GIF IT UP 2017

26 September 2017

In October, Trove will be giving you the chance to enter the 2017 GIF IT UP competition, and also be in the running to design the Library's Christmas eCard. Find an image in the public domain, or with an open license and create your own GIF. Prizes, fame and glory await!

A GIF is an image file that has been animated in some way and loops continuously. Using a few free tools, anyone can make one.

Bonus: Christmas at the National Library

The National Library of Australia has added a special quest as part of this year’s competition - help us celebrate Christmas by creating a GIF from the Library's collection. It will go in the running to be the face of Christmas at the Library: an electronic eCard we send to the people and organisations that support the Library. We’ve put together a handy little list of the images we’d like you to choose from. We’ll give a Trove prize pack to the top five entrants and your entry will still be in the running for all the prizes for the overall GIF IT UP competition. Just tag your entry #NLAecard as well as #GIFITUP2017.

Trove prize pack (first five entrants for the National Library eCard competition).

Awe and admiration from the Trove community.

Share your creation

Once you’ve made it, share it. Tweet your GIF to us @TroveAustralia and we’ll share it with everyone. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #GIFITUP2017. All eligible entries will also be showcased on the GIPHY channel dedicated to the competition.

Enter the competition

The competition opens on October 1. When your GIF is ready to submit, visit the competition page.

Good luck to all!

Could this cat and girl be the face of Christmas at the National Library?Cazneaux, Harold. (1906). Hazel Barnett with cat sitting on a tray, North Sydney, 1906. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-144126443